We are just beside ourselves about being featured in the Photo District News (PDN) article, “Creating Your Photography Brand” by Conor Risch. To be included in an article with the likes of Liska + Associates, a firm we have long admired, as well as brand consultant, Beth Taubner is quite an honor. You can read [...]
Posts By Ellen
February 28th, 2011 by Ellen
First, we’d like to thank all the people who took the time out of their busy schedules at WPPI to stop by our booth and talk to us! Many of you had questions, and we are happy to continue the dialog via our forum, or email or online chat. Second, we would [...]
February 25th, 2011 by Ellen
We are so grateful to all the amazing people we met at WPPI. The response to our sweepstakes was overwhelming. We will be announcing the winner of the Identity from Identity Kitchen and the two SEO Consultation Sessions from Marty Thornley on Monday.
Thank you WPPI and all the amazing photographers we met!!
January 27th, 2011 by Ellen
Our sister company, Photography Blogsites will be at booth #1453 at WPPI 2011 and we are beside ourselves about it! We want to share that excitement with you by giving away 5 free full registrations, there are 2 LEFT! worth $399. We’ll be giving away one of these bad boys, every day next [...]
November 2nd, 2010 by Ellen
Early in 2009, Marty Thornley and I sat down to discuss a more efficient way for photographers to display their work online. We had both, separately, been working with photographers, and discussed the idea of an all-in-one blogsite that looks and feels like a flash site, with all the SEO benefits of a WordPress Blog. [...]
August 6th, 2010 by Ellen
I must admit, the Silly Bandz craze has not quite caught on in our household. Until today that is. Leafing through my Paper Source catalog, I found these babies. I may just don a few hundred up each arm, you know Madonna-style. Did I just date myself too much?
June 2nd, 2010 by Ellen
We recently learned that some Identity Kitchen work will be published in Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design, Edited by R. Klanten and H. Hellige, and published by Gestalten Books. You can read more about, or order Impressive here. We’re looking forward to receiving our copy, and getting a little inspired!
June 1st, 2010 by Ellen
This is the first in a two part post about the launching of one of our favorite brands yet, Partridge Lane Studio. Formerly, Allen Hyslip Photography. Allen came to Identity Kitchen with a soup to nuts revamp in mind. He had decided on the name Partridge Lane, which we loved. He wanted a brand that [...]
May 25th, 2010 by Ellen
I have frequented Anthropologie since they launched one of their flagship stores next to a design shop where I worked in SoHo, NYC in 1995. Their combination of boutique-like fashion and ephemeral inspired stationary, as well as one-of-a-kind antiques really spoke to me. I have remained loyal to their brand ever since.
A few years ago, [...]
May 24th, 2010 by Ellen
I had the pleasure of speaking at last week’s Los Angeles PUG meeting about Branding for Photographers. More specifically, “Finding Your Voice”. Below is a copy of the presentation, in case you missed it or would like another view. It is a bit incomplete without my script, but there is some eye candy on the [...]